Objective To study the elementary school senior pupils' present situation of sex education in Jinan's urban fringe area and understand their level and access in sexual physiology and health care knowledge. Methods The method of stratified-clustered-random sampling was used in this study.The senior pupils who sampled from two primary schools in Licheng and one primary school in Shizhong,were surveyed with self-made questionnaires. Results In Jinan urban fringe area,senior pupils' degrees of sexual knowledge scored an average of 4.20 points (total of 12 points),girls' score was significantly higher than boys' (P<0.05),the degrees of students in different age had significant differences (P<0.05). Conclusion A positive intervention measures should be taken to provide related manpower resources for school and carry out effective sex education as soon as possible.